Delineation Based on First 4 Lessons - Part 2

Okay the next two charts are for Alexxa and Amaya, born 4 days apart on opposite coasts! They are very similar so I will delineate them together and show where they differ.

Amaya -born November 2, 2006-
10 degree Scorpio Sun, 0 degree Aries Moon, 8 degree Sagittarius Rising

Alexxa-born November 6, 2006-
14 degree Scorpio Sun, 6 degree Gemini Moon, 0 degree Leo Rising

Amaya has 1 Cardinal planet, 4(+ node) Mutable and 7 fixed placements.
Alexxa has 1 Cardinal placement, 3 Mutable and 8 fixed placements.

Both girls would be pretty stubborn and like their routines. Both would have a problem starting things but would stick to it once engaged. Amaya would appear to have an easier going personality due to her Mutable rising sign (although once you got to know her the stubborness would show!) With a fixed fire sign rising, Alexxa would be very comfortable in her own skin(no one is going to change this girl, she'll probably have a pretty good sense of self) but she will be fickle with her emotions(GEMINI MOON!!!) her feelings about things may change often!

Amaya has 6(+node) placements in water, 4 in fire, 1 in air and 1 in earth.
Alexxa has 6(+node) placements in water, 4 in fire, 2 in air and 0 in earth.

Both girls would be very sensitive, emotional, intuitive, enthusiastic and passionate.
Alexxa needs someone to ground her due to the lack of earth. She may exhibit drama queen tendencies if you don't teach her how to keep things in perspective!! Thinking things through would be a good way to help her do this. Also, watch Alexxa with relationships as she has neptune sitting in her 7th house so she may not see others correctly. Encourage her to get in touch with her intuition and to follow it at a young age so that she may attract creative sensitive types into her life instead of the alternative(escapists, addictive personalities, etc.)

Amaya has slightly more yin energy so she would tend to be slightly more influenced by mom than dad.
Alexxa is evenly yin and yang so she is equally influenced by both parents.

Amaya has 1 personal placement, 7 interpersonal and 4 transpersonal.
Alexxa has 2 personal placements, 7 interpersonal and 3 transpersonal.
Both girls would be other orientated and social. Amaya may need to be taught from a young age good personal habits( such as personal finance and the like) She needs to be encouraged to find out who she is, to be herself but not to let herself be pushed around by others(although she has pluto in the 1st so I don't think that will be a problem combining that with all that fixed energy!!)

Delineation Based on First 4 Lessons - Part 1

OK! Since I have to work around my wee bot's sleep schedule I am breaking this into three parts. I have 6 charts of different children, 4 born within 1 month of each other and 2 born with a predominance of either elements, modalities or both. I will delineate the first two today.

James - born November 21,2006 -
29 degree Scorpio Sun, 9 degree Sagittarius Moon, 24 degree Aquarius Rising.

James has 0 cardinal planets, 7 fixed and 5 (+ node) mutable placements
With 7 fixed he is probably pretty stubborn, a creature of habit but may be very determined.
Since they are in water my guess is that he probably has a melt down(temper tantrum) when you tell him no or if you disturb his personal schedule. That said with the 5+ mutable planets(including his moon in Sag) it's probably not that long of a fit! He let's you know he's unhappy about it but then moves on. The biggest challenge James may have is motivation. Since he's lacking cardinal planets he may be lacking direction. Try to encourage him to try different things, if he shows a sincere interest, support him in staying with it. With all the fixed planets, once he is engaged he should follow through!!

James has 5 placements(+ node) in water signs, 5 in fire, 2 in air but 0 in earth.
He will probably be a very passionate boy! Forceful, idealistic and enthusiastic as well as sensitive. Watch for a tendency to be self-indulgent! He may seem very logical, but make sure he is truly understanding things. He has his rising in Aquarius so he will appear to be knowledgeable, unfortunately the only other air is his Neptune and his ruling planet, Uranus, is in Pisces, so he may be a little spacey!(on the positive side, he may be a very gifted artist or musician also!!) The lack of earth may make him undependable, probably because he isn't really practical(he could be a very dreamy, imaginative boy)and doesn't know the logical reasons why he needs to do certain things(like keep his room clean). try to create a structure for him to follow while he is young so he won't have to worry about trying to learn it later (side note: when a person has a fixed rising sign, it is very hard to change the habits they adopt in childhood)

He's evenly yin and yang. Probably gets along well with both parents generally speaking.

James has no personal planets, 5 interpersonal and 7 transpersonal.
He will be very group minded, worrying about his friends more than himself, watch against a tendency to be the scapegoat. Try to guide him towards the 'right' friends. He will have good judgment if he listens to his gut(feelings) his logic may fool him. He'll have high ideals and may have a tendency to be friends with people because he feels he could 'save' them.

Chey - born October 27,2006-
4 degree Scorpio Sun, 8 degree Capricorn Moon, 2 degree Capricorn Rising

Chey has 2 cardinal placements, 8 fixed and 2 (+node)mutable placements. Even though she too would be a bit stubborn and a creature of habit, she has a little more balance between the two less populated modalities. She would have a tendency to get stuck sometimes but would be focused and determined. She would likely have ideas but they may not form fully enough to follow through.She would be likely to follow through on things that 'feel right' to her. She may also have so many ideas that she couldn't decide on which ones to follow to completion, This would be due to some intellectual fogginess(that pesky Neptune is at work again!)In Chey's case it would have to do with her personal values and money.

She has a little more balance with her elements [ 2 fire, 1 air and 2 earth] although again she has a predominance of water(7 + node). She would tend to be intuitive, sensitive, possibly wavering and influenced by her surroundings. This is a child you probably wouldn't want to fight around as she would be very likely to internalize the discord and feel like she caused it. She would be conservative and ardent but also impractical and lacking reason.

Chey has a predominance of yin energy in her chart[9 + node] which shows she would tend to be quiet and introverted. She would probably be more influenced by mom due to this also. She may be a late bloomer.

Finally, she has 0 personal planets, 7 interpersonal and 5 transpersonal. Again, she would likely be focused on others and have high ideals and morals. Watch for a lack of self confidence and self perservation.

elements, polarities, modalities and orientations in the horoscope: Part 1

You can get a pretty good overview of your natal chart simply by delineating your chart for these four concepts. Using my sons chart, I will show how this is done.

Elements and modalities:

There is usually a small box on the natal chart (see image above) that tells you the elements and modalities of your child's chart. Across the top are letters C, F & M; these stand for Cardinal, Fixed & Mutable and are your modalities. Down the left side are letters F, A, E, & W; these stand for Fire, Air, Earth & Water and are your elements.

Today we will go over the Modalities.

Looking at my buggy boy's chart you can quickly see he has most of his planets or sensitive points located in FIXED signs [There are 7 planets and sensitive points located in fixed signs in order from left to right & top to bottom are: Venus, Saturn, Midheaven, Neptune, Chiron, Mars and ascendant(or rising sign)]

He has 3 planets in CARDINAL signs [Sun, Moon, Mercury] and 3 planets/ 1 sensitive point in MUTABLE signs [Jupiter, Pluto, Uranus and his north node]

Now the fun part! What does this mean?
Well, in this case we are talking about a pretty FIXED chart.
Now the bug is only a year old and let me tell you, he is definitely a creature of habit, stuck in his ways and stubborn. He likes routine and if anything disrupts that routine, well, we have one cranky little critter on our hands.

The good news for our little boy is he has 4 MUTABLE placements and 3 CARDINAL placements. Now, while not perfectly balanced there is at least some flexibility(mutable) and initiative(cardinal) in his chart. The fact that his Sun, Moon and Mercury are all in Cardinal signs shows that he will have initiative and the ability to engage in purposeful activity. He is quite the little explorer and he is very active from the moment he wakes up. His flexibility is more of a generational effect [the planets located there are considered generational, their orbits are so slow that many children born within a certain period of time will have these planets in the same sign]
Since mommy has an overabundance of mutable planets in her chart, we hope that she will be able to help him develop a little more flexibility!

We will go into more detail about how everything interrelates later in the lessons, for now make a little list of how many points are in each of the modalities and jot down a couple words from the keywords below that describe how they are showing up in your child's personality.

Keywords for the Modalities:

Qualities of the Cardinal Modality
aries - libra - cancer - capricorn

Skillful Application:
generating, beginning, doing, initiating,
originating, enterprising, active, direct,
purposeful

Unskillful Application:
starts but does not finish, impatient,
dissatisfied, overactive, forceful,overcommitted

Qualities of the Fixed Modality
taurus - scorpio - leo - aquarius

Skillful Application:
concentrating, stabilizing, sustaining,
finishing, establishing, preserving, conserving,
steadfast, focused, powerful, persistent,
constant, determined

Unskillful Application:
stubborn, rigid, resistant to change,
stuck,obsessed, overly retentive, inert,

habit-bound

Qualities of the Mutable Modality
gemini - sagittarius - virgo - pisces

Skillful Application:

distributing, adaptable, flexible, adjustable,
connecting, linking, mental, adapting, learning,
changing, versatile, dual

Unskillful Application:
scattered, unfocused, depleted, dissipated,
diffused, distracted,inconsistent, prone to worry,
indecisive, restless, unfinishing